--- title: Killed by Ubuntu, Linux Mint is Bringing This Classic... description: Linux Mint is bringing hibernation back after Ubuntu and many other distros dropped it. A new Sleep Modes page in the System Administration tool will let users... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/killed-by-ubuntu-linux-mint-is-bringing-this-classic-feature-back-1drvnkjir twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Killed by Ubuntu, Linux Mint is Bringing This Classic Feature Back | daily.dev og:description: Linux Mint is bringing hibernation back after Ubuntu and many other distros dropped it. A new Sleep Modes page in the System Administration tool will let users... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/killed-by-ubuntu-linux-mint-is-bringing-this-classic-feature-back-1drvnkjir og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1drVnkjIr.png og:image:alt: Killed by Ubuntu, Linux Mint is Bringing This Classic Feature Back og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Killed by Ubuntu, Linux Mint is Bringing This Classic Feature Back **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 4 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux Mint is bringing hibernation back after Ubuntu and many other distros dropped it. A new Sleep Modes page in the System Administration tool will let users enable hibernation without editing config files by hand, and it's planned for the Mint 27 release coming in December. The page offers three options: classic hibernation, Hybrid Sleep (suspend plus a disk-saved session), and Suspend-then-Hibernate, which hibernates only when the battery hits a critical level. The tool still flags problems like insufficient swap space or Secure Boot being enabled, since Secure Boot's lockdown mode blocks hibernation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What's the difference between suspend and hibernate on Linux? Suspend keeps your session in RAM with most hardware powered down, so it wakes in a couple of seconds but still drains the battery. Hibernation copies the session from RAM to disk and powers off completely, using no power, so it survives a dead battery but is slower to resume, sometimes slower than a full reboot. _Weighing suspend versus hibernate for your laptop setup is easier with explainers like this on daily.dev._ ### Why doesn't my Linux distro offer hibernation by default? Many distros, including Ubuntu since version 12.04, disabled hibernation by default because it was unreliable and slow, and having two suspend-like modes confused users. Hibernation also requires swap space at least as large as RAM in use, and Secure Boot's kernel lockdown mode blocks hibernation because the saved disk image isn't signed, which is why Fedora Workstation also skips it by default. _Troubleshooting missing hibernation support gets easier when you track distro-specific quirks on daily.dev._ ### Does Linux Mint 27 support hibernation? Yes, Linux Mint 27, expected in December, adds a new Sleep Modes page in the System Administration tool that lets users enable hibernation, Hybrid Sleep, or Suspend-then-Hibernate without manually editing config files. The tool also flags problems like insufficient swap or Secure Boot being enabled, and writes its settings to a separate systemd file so the modes can be toggled safely. _Keep tabs on new Linux Mint releases like this one through daily.dev as you plan upgrades._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Linux Mint Developing New Apps For Terminal & System Monitoring](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-developing-new-apps-for-terminal-system-monitoring-gqqsgzk2a) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [3 things I never got as a Windows fanboy that Linux users have had for years](https://daily.dev/posts/3-things-i-never-got-as-a-windows-fanboy-that-linux-users-have-had-for-years-fc12rthjc) · XDA Developers · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [How Linux Mint saved an eight-year-old PC](https://daily.dev/posts/how-linux-mint-saved-an-eight-year-old-pc-faeiesb1d) · All Things Open · 25 upvotes · 8 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#ubuntu](https://daily.dev/tags/ubuntu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/killed-by-ubuntu-linux-mint-is-bringing-this-classic-feature-back-1drvnkjir) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Killed by Ubuntu, Linux Mint is Bringing This Classic Feature Back","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/killed-by-ubuntu-linux-mint-is-bringing-this-classic-feature-back-1drvnkjir","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/killed-by-ubuntu-linux-mint-is-bringing-this-classic-feature-back-1drvnkjir"},"datePublished":"2026-11-02T13:39:37.801Z","dateModified":"2026-11-02T13:40:13.867Z","description":"Linux Mint is bringing hibernation back after Ubuntu and many other distros dropped it. 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